I'm not surprised then, with that temperature. At rest in that kind of
heat the fan needs help. I suspect your coolant level is fine. The
extra elecrtic fan should help a lot (looking at one myself, but money's
tight right now). I don't know how much the stat will help - it'll open
at a lower temperature, but that won't neccessarily stop the coolant
from getting up to that temperature if you sit motionless with the
enbgine running long enough. It'll just give the radiator a head start.
Or, I could be completely wrong.
Will Coughlin wrote:
>
> Andy,It was 101* outside when this happened.I am going to do the following
> things to try and remedy this problem-#1 check coolant level,#2-check on
> getting a 180* thermostat,#3-check on getting an auxilary electric fan.
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> forest green sport plus
>
> >From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: Re: DML: Any ideas?-please help me!
> >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:48:05 -0400
> >
> >What was the outside temperature? A few weeks ago, I had a similar
> >thing happen. Moving, my temperature was fine, but as soon as I stopped
> >for a light or something, it jumped up to 210 or so. I have a stock 318
> >V8 with just the engine-driven fan. It was in the mid 80s or higher
> >that weekend.
> >
> >Will Coughlin wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, here's the deal,I decided that since I had nothing to do this
> > > afternoon,I would take a ride to the local dealership and see what was
> >new
> > > down there.I also wnet to see about some accessories.Anyway, I drive the
> >6
> > > miles to the dealer and I turn into the lot.Now, I hadn't run the a/c
> >all
> > > the way there and didn't have it on.After riding down one of the rows of
> > > trucks,I looked down and saw my temp gauge on 210.This scares me, so I
> >turn
> > > in the heat full-blast.The gauge doesn't and won't move,so,knowing that
> >an
> > > electric fan runs w/the a/c on, I turn on the ac to the lowest
> >setting.The
> > > gauge still sits on 210.At this point,I'm really mad,so I high tail it
> >out
> > > of the lot and back on the highway.Gauge moves back to the left side of
> >210
> > > when I drive at 50 mph for a few minutes with the heater running full
> > > blast.Is there anything I can do to make this thing run cooler? Any
> > > suggestions? Could the way I drive have something to do with it? Thanks
> >in
> > > advance,
> > >
> > > Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> > > '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> > > forest green sport plus
> > >
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